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Gothic literature 1764-1824 /
This title offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to classic British Gothic literature and the popular sub-category of the Female Gothic designed for the student reader. Works by such classic Gothic authors as Horace Walpole, Matthew Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley are...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
2009.
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| Collection: | History of the Gothic (Cardiff, Wales)
Gothic literary studies. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | This title offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to classic British Gothic literature and the popular sub-category of the Female Gothic designed for the student reader. Works by such classic Gothic authors as Horace Walpole, Matthew Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley are examined against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British social and political history and significant intellectual/cultural developments. Identification and interpretation of the Gothic's variously reconfigured major motifs and conventions is provided alongside suggestions for f. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages). |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-353) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780708322611 0708322611 0708320090 9780708320099 0708320457 9780708320457 |